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Is it taller than him or taller than he?
“He is taller than him” is incorrect because a subject (“he”) is being compared to an object (“him”). When a comparison is being made between two otherwise equal entities, both are subjects, and the only difference in question is their height.
Which is correct taller than her or taller than she?
But this form of words has been in common use for a long time, and is probably now more common than “I am taller than she”. So, to answer your question: Some people will insist that only “I am taller than she” is correct, but most people say “I am taller than her”, and both are grammatical. TL;DR: You can say either.
Is being taller than your boyfriend bad?
Whether you are 2 inches tall than your boyfriend, or 2 feet taller than your husband, it doesn’t matter, much like it wouldn’t matter if you were that much shorter than them either. It’s OK to be taller than your boyfriend. It’s OK to be over 6ft tall and wear 6 inch heels. It’s OK to be different from the norm.
Is it better than he or better than him?
You are better than him. Both sentences are correct, without any difference in meaning. However, the former is very formal. Normally, you use the structure pronoun + verb after than such as you are better than he is.
Who is taller her or she?
The preposition than is correctly followed by the object pronoun her. If it is argued that than is a conjunction, then “I am taller than she” would be correct. The conjunction than is joining the first clause “I am taller” to the second clause beginning with the subject pronoun she.
Is it correct to say he is taller than I am?
Following ‘than’ with the subject pronoun in sentences such as ‘He is taller than I’ is strictly accurate because the comparison is between two subjects. Both ‘he’ and ‘I’ can be viewed as the subject: the verb of the sentence (‘is’, from ‘to be’) obviously applies to ‘he’, but is also implied for ‘I’ (‘He is taller than I am’).
What is the difference between ‘she is smarter than he is’?
1. She ‘s taller than her. 2. She ‘s taller than she. If perfection is what you’re after, you should choose “She is smarter than he is” or the admittedly stiff “She is smarter than he.” That’s because in formal English, “than” is regarded as a conjunction and not a preposition, so the following pronoun is in the nominative case – “he,” not “him.”
Is than him more formal than than him?
My teacher who is from chicago also says than him. One day while i looked up the dictionary for another word, i found than he is as it happens. The dictionary (Longman Active Study, from english to english) says than he is. If you ask me than he is more formal than than him.